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Forrest the Kodiak bear is looking for a new home. He's one of more than 250 animals in Ocala's Silver Springs Park, which is in the process of relocating its wildlife.
Andrea Junkunc, a wildlife employee there for 13 years, followed 14 birds of prey, a deer and several snakes to the Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park.
Sally Lieb leaned against a rail fence at Silver Springs State Park, ... before coming to Ocala in 2011 to manage Silver ... • 1993, joined Florida Park Service • 1993-1997, wildlife care ...
Lady Lake Animal Control Officer Denise Williams called them “hostile by nature,” and Johnson cautioned against feeding the animals. For visitors of Silver Springs State Park, the monkeys are ...
There was a time when a 20-minute jungle cruise brought Silver Springs Attraction visitors eye-to-eye with water buffalo, zebras, gators and monkeys, a visit to Tommy Bartlett's petting zoo ...
OCALA — A feral monkey hit and killed by a vehicle in Marion County was believed to have lived in Silver Springs State Park. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Greg W… ...
Susie Ramsey and her family from Estero, Fla., were visiting Silver Springs State Park in Ocala on June 29 when they came across a group of wild rhesus monkeys. For more than 75 years, rhesus ...
The macaques are just one of Florida's many nonnative wildlife species, and they're also a tourist attraction. Study Predicts Monkey Population Boom In Silver Springs State Park ...
I TAKE YOU BACK TO THE 1950S TO SILVER SPRINGS IN OCALA. ... Silver Springs joined with Paradise Park. Just one big, beautiful park," Stevenson said. ...